Margaret Cavendish
As its full title suggests, Blazing World is a fanciful depiction of a satirical, utopian kingdom in another world (with different stars in the sky) that can be reached via the North Pole. It is 'the only known work of utopian fiction by a woman in the 17th century, as well as an example of what we now call ’proto-science fiction’ - although it is also a romance, an adventure story, and even autobiography.'